"For four years, much of the western world behaved like Bryant. Bomb us, and we agonise over the 'root causes' (that is, what we did wrong). Decapitate us, and our politicians rush to the nearest mosque to declare that 'Islam is a religion of peace'. Issue bloodcurdling calls at Friday prayers to kill all the Jews and infidels, and we fret that it may cause a backlash against Muslims. Behead sodomites and mutilate female genitalia, and gay groups and feminist groups can't wait to march alongside you denouncing Bush, Blair and Howard. Murder a schoolful of children, and our scholars explain that to the 'vast majority' of Muslims 'jihad' is a harmless concept meaning 'decaf latte with skimmed milk and cinnamon sprinkles'.

Until the London bombings... "

Steyn also notes the failure of Dept. of Agriculture officials to take any action, despite the fact that Atta attempted to get a loan for a cropduster, threatened to slit the throat of an agricultural official, and made vague threats about the monuments and building s in the nation's capital.

But it gets worse... Atta returned with another terrorist and spoke to the same agriculture official. Only this time, he was wearing a (poor) disguise and claiming to be someone else entirely. Ugh. You have to wonder whether this career bureaucrat would have acted a bit less "tolerant" and called the authorities had we not indoctrinated govt employees with years of diversity education/indoctrination.